Discovered by K. Reinmuth MPC designation 1466 Mundleria Discovered 31 May 1938 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 31 May 1938 Minor planet category main-belt · (inner) Absolute magnitude 11.9 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | |
Named after Max Mündler (astronomer) Alternative names 1938 KA · 1950 UK1952 DF1 · 1963 DJA923 GA Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1419 Danzig, 1056 Azalea, 1111 Reinmuthia | ||
1466 Mündleria, provisional designation 1938 KA, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 31 May 1938, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany.
The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,339 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic. Mündleria's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in 1938. Its was first identified as 1923 GA at Heidelberg in 1923.
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Mündleria measures between 22.13 and 24.95 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.037 and 0.061. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.055 and a diameter of 21.46 kilometers, using an absolute magnitude of 12.1.
As of 2017, no useful rotational light-curve of Mündleria has been obtained.
This minor planet was named after German astronomer Max Mündler (1876–1969), staff member at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory where the body was discovered. The name was proposed by Heinrich Vogt after whom the minor planet 1439 Vogtia is named. Naming citation was published before November 1977 (H 131).